Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Chinese Hacker Pwns 81K Sophos Devices With Zero-Day Bug Chinese Hacker Pwns 81K Sophos Devices With Zero-Day

The US State Department has offered a $10 million reward for Guan Tianfeng, who has been accused of developing and testing a critical SQL injection flaw with a CVSS score of 9.8 used in Sophos attacks.

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

Dec 11, 2024

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Delivery Gets Cooked in Cyberattack Krispy Kreme Doughnut Delivery Gets Cooked in Cyberattack

byBecky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading

Dec 11, 2024

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Researchers Crack Microsoft Azure MFA in an Hour Researchers Crack Microsoft Azure MFA in an Hour

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

Dec 11, 2024

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Cybersecurity Lessons From 3 Public Breaches Cybersecurity Lessons From 3 Public Breaches

byDmytro Tereshchenko

Dec 11, 2024

1 Min Read

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Tips for Preventing Breaches in 2025 Tips for Preventing Breaches in 2025

byPukar C. Hamal

Dec 11, 2024

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Governments, Telcos Ward Off China's Hacking Typhoons Governments, Telcos Ward Off China's Hacking Typhoons

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

Dec 11, 2024

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

FCC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Telecoms

FCC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Telecoms

byJennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer

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Application Security

Actively Exploited Zero-Day, Critical RCEs Lead Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Fixes Active Zero-Day, Critical RCEs on Patch Tuesday

byTara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

'Termite' Ransomware Likely Behind Cleo Zero-Day Attacks

'Termite' Ransomware Likely Behind Cleo Zero-Day Attacks

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Scottish Parliament TV at Risk From Deepfakes

Scottish Parliament TV at Risk From Deepfakes

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Endpoint Security

Cybercrime Gangs Abscond With Thousands of Orgs' AWS Credentials

Cybercrime Gangs Abscond With 1000s of AWS Credentials

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Lessons From the Largest Software Supply Chain Incidents

Lessons From the Largest Software Supply Chain Incidents

byEldan Ben-Haim, Chief Architect Officer, Apiiro

Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Sprawling 'Operation Digital Eye' Attack Targets European IT Orgs

'Operation Digital Eye' Attack Targets European IT Orgs

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Millionaire Airbnb Phishing Ring Busted Up by Police

Millionaire Airbnb Phishing Ring Busted Up by Police

byBecky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading

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Endpoint Security

Attackers Can Use QR Codes to Bypass Browser Isolation

Attackers Can Use QR Codes to Bypass Browser Isolation

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Large-Scale Incidents & the Art of Vulnerability Prioritization

Large-Scale Incidents & the Art of Vulnerability Prioritization

byAudra Streetman, Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Splunk

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Texas Teen Arrested for Scattered Spider Telecom Hacks

Texas Teen Arrested for Scattered Spider Telecom Hacks

byBecky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading

Library of Congress Offers AI Legal Guidance to Researchers

Library of Congress Offers AI Legal Guidance to Researchers

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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Сloud Security

Russia's 'BlueAlpha' APT Hides in Cloudflare Tunnels

Russia's 'BlueAlpha' APT Hides in Cloudflare Tunnels

byTara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

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Threat Intelligence

Trojan-as-a-Service Hits Euro Banks, Crypto Exchanges

Trojan-as-a-Service Hits Euro Banks, Crypto Exchanges

byBecky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

'Earth Minotaur' Exploits WeChat Bugs, Sends Spyware to Uyghurs

'Earth Minotaur' Exploits WeChat Bugs, Sends Spyware to Uyghurs

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

African Law Enforcement Nabs 1,000+ Cybercrime Suspects

African Law Enforcement Nabs 1,000+ Cybercrime Suspects

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

CISA Issues Guidance to Telecom Sector on Salt Typhoon Threat

CISA Issues Guidance to Telecom Sector on Salt Typhoon Threat

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Threat Intelligence

Russian FSB Hackers Breach Pakistani APT Storm-0156

Russian FSB Hackers Breach Pakistani APT Storm-0156

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

Cybersecurity Operations

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

byKelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Venom Spider Spins Web of New Malware for MaaS Platform

Venom Spider Spins Web of Malware for MaaS Platform

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Ransomware's Grip on Healthcare

Ransomware's Grip on Healthcare

byClaudio Gallo, Lead Security Engineer, C4HCO

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Threat Intelligence

AWS Launches New Incident Response Service

AWS Launches New Incident Response Service

byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

2 UK Hospitals Targeted in Separate Cyberattacks

2 UK Hospitals Targeted in Separate Cyberattacks

byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Incident Response Playbooks: Are You Prepared?

Incident Response Playbooks: Are You Prepared?

byJames Bruhl, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence, DefenseStorm

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Application Security

Sneaky Skimmer Malware Targets Magento Sites Ahead of Black Friday

Sneaky Skimmer Malware Targets Magento Sites Ahead of Black Friday

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Russian Script Kiddie Assembles Massive DDoS Botnet

Russian Script Kiddie Assembles Massive DDoS Botnet

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Application Security

'RomCom' APT Mounts Zero-Day, Zero-Click Browser Escapes in Firefox, Tor

'RomCom' APT Mounts Zero-Day, Zero-Click Browser Escapes

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Application Security

OpenSea Phishers Aim to Drain Crypto Wallets of NFT Enthusiasts

OpenSea NFT Phishers Aim to Drain Crypto Wallets

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Ransomware Attack on Blue Yonder Hits Starbucks, Supermarkets

Ransomware Attack on Blue Yonder Hits Starbucks, Supermarkets

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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